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Originally Posted by Jdarby
The modern surgical mask did not even come into existence until the 1960’s....so uh....no, during pandemics of 100 years ago no one wore a mask. Please let us not base our public health decisions on what we did or didn’t do 100 years ago!
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What did we do in 1969 -- Hong Kong Flu?
What did we do in 2003 -- SARS?
What did we do in 2009 -- H1N1 a/k/a Swine Flu?
The point is we've had many, many epidemics since 1918, and what we are doing right now is unprecedented.